announced the finalists for the 57th Golden Horse Awards on September 30. It is reported that there are a total of 465 films registered this year (82 feature films, 3 feature animation films, 102 documentaries, 216 feature short films, and 62 animation short films), which is 123 fewer than the number of films registered last year. There are only 82, a record low.
is nothing more than measuring the influence of a film festival by the number of feature films signed up for the festival. For example, in the three major European film festivals, the number of feature films for each registration is as high as thousands. The greater the number of feature films registered, the more intense the competition, and the higher the influence and gold content. Now the number of feature films in the Golden Horse Awards has hit a record low, and its influence has been much lower than before. The gold content and influence of the Golden Horse Awards, which lacked land-port film entries, have naturally fallen to a notch, and the stars are dim.
Judging from the list of finalists, the status of this year’s Golden Horse Awards is exactly the same as last year’s Golden Horse Awards. The shortlisted films are still mainly local films from Taiwan. Mainland films are still absent from the Golden Horse Awards. There is only one mainland documentary called "Grandpa and Father". Participated and shortlisted for the Golden Horse Awards. In Hong Kong films, "Hand-rolled Cigarettes" starring Lin Jiadong represented Hong Kong films and won multiple shortlisted awards including best actor and best new director.
Most of the film stars shortlisted for the Golden Horse Awards this year are mainly Taiwanese filmmakers, while Malaysian filmmakers shine at the Golden Horse Awards. Many Malaysian filmmakers have been shortlisted for multiple Golden Horse Awards.
Malaysian director Zhang Ji'an was shortlisted for Best New Director and Best Original Screenplay for "South Witch". Malaysian director Cai Mingliang, who lives in Taiwan, also shortlisted for Best Feature Feature Film and Best Director with "Days" And three awards for best sound effects. It is worth mentioning that the documentary "Your Face" directed by Cai Mingliang won the Golden Horse Award for Director at the Golden Horse Awards last year.
"Hi!" directed by Malaysian director Chi Jiaqing "Mythical Beast", successfully shortlisted for the best visual effect. In addition, the song "You Are a Pig" sung by Huang Mingzhi's campus movie "BABI" adapted for real life is nominated for the best film song. Malaysian musicians Jia Wang, Chen Wenhua, and Xu Yuanting, sung by Lu Guangzhong, "The Name Engraved in My Heart" was also selected as the best original film song.
For best actor, Lin Jiadong was nominated for Best Actor in the Golden Horse Award for his "Hand-rolled Cigarette". This is also his first shortlist for the Golden Horse Award winner. In 2017, Lin Jiadong won the Best Actor Award at the Academy Awards for his movie "The Tree Gets the Wind".
and Lin Jiadong are competing for the Golden Horse Award winners from Taiwan’s Liu Guanting ("The Vanished Valentine's Day"), Lin Baihong ("Freak"), Mo Ziyi ("Dear Tenant") and Li Guohuang from Singapore ("Man king").
Liu Guanting and Lin Baihong were the winners of the Golden Horse Awards for Best Supporting Actor, Mo Ziyi has been nominated for the Golden Bell Award for Best Supporting Actor many times, and Li Guohuang is an influential and popular comedian in Singapore. He looked, but his popularity on the mainland was not the same as that of Lin Jiadong.
For Best Actress, the finalists include Li Feiying, Xie Xinying, Gui Lunmei, Bai Ling, and Chen Shufang. Gui Lunmei was shortlisted for starring in the movie "Legs" and competed with Xie Xinying ("Freaks") and Li Peiyu ("The Vanished Valentine's Day"), Bai Ling ("Abortionist") and Chen Shufang ("Lonely Flavor").
among the five shortlisted people, in terms of popularity, Gui Lunmei is the most famous. She has been nominated for Best Actress in the Golden Horse Awards three times, and won the Golden Horse Queen of the Movies with the romance film "Girlfriend·Boyfriend". Xie Xinying won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress.
This year's Golden Horse Awards, there are still many Golden Horse Award winners who are fighting again. In addition to the actress Gui Lunmei, Best Supporting Actor Liu Guanting, Lin Bohong, and Best Supporting Actress Xie Xinying, there are also actresses Xie Yingxuan, Yang Guimei, Actor Chen Yiwen, Li Kang Sheng, Best Supporting Actress Ding Ning, and Yang Youning, who was a new actor, all starred in new works that once again competed for the Golden Horse Awards.
The biggest winner of this year’s Golden Horse Awards is the film "The Vanishing Valentine's Day" directed by Director Chen Yuxun. It has been nominated for 11 awards in total, winning the best feature film, best director, best actor and best actress in one fell swoop , Five Golden Horse Awards finalists for the best original screenplay. Director Chen Yuxun once relied on the former ""Tropical Fish" was nominated for Best Director at the Golden Horse Awards, and was nominated for Best Director again this year.
Huang Xinyao’s "Classmate Mynasi" was shortlisted for 9 awards, including best feature film, best director, best supporting actor (2 places), best adapted screenplay, etc.; Huang Xinyao once relied on " Big Buddha Pura "S" won the Golden Horse Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best New Director Award. With this film, it enjoys a high reputation in the mainland.
, the two films "Dear Tenant" and "Hand-rolled Cigarette", which were shortlisted for the best feature feature film, both won seven nominations. "Dear House" is directed by Zheng Youjie. He won the Golden Horse Award for Best Creative Short Film for "Summer of Shi Ding". This time he was shortlisted for the Golden Horse Award again after 20 years.
"Hand-rolled Cigarettes" is the only Hong Kong film nominated for the Golden Horse Awards this year. The film is directed by Chen Jianlang and starred by Lin Jiadong, Taibao, Yuan Fuhua , Bai Zhi, Qian Xiaohao and others. It is worth mentioning that at the Golden Horse Awards last year, Taibao and Yuan Fuhua were nominated for the Golden Horse Film Actors with the film "Uncle". This year, Lin Jiadong was nominated for the best actor in the Golden Horse Award. The last feature film of
shortlisted for the Golden Horse Awards is the film "Day" directed by Cai Mingliang. Director Cai Mingliang has won many international awards, three Golden Horse Awards for Best Director and two Golden Horse Awards for Best Feature Film. His film "Day" was shortlisted for the main competition of the Berlin Film Festival and won the 34th Teddy Award for Best Feature Film and Teddy Jury Award. Cai Mingliang's "Day" is expected to win the Golden Horse Award for Best Feature Film.
In general, the number of feature films shortlisted for the Golden Horse Awards is too small. The Golden Horse Awards lacking mainland and Hong Kong films have greatly reduced the gold content, and there are no big stars to support the field. The starlight is still dim, and the popularity is precarious. Many netizens lament. The Golden Horse Awards without Lugang films are not Golden Horse Awards at all.
